Reading further into the Drawing the Head and Figure book I was given at Christmas it is clear that it was designed for designers and artists working in a Madison avenue advertisement agency in the late 50's to come up with some art work for the latest product. Think of Mad Men and you would be about right. Now a days we have Google and it's almost infinite resource of photographs to help inspire the budding copy artist. Back then I am not so sure so you would need rules to help make sure your person looked like a person. In short this is a style book - you want a man and he has to have a chiselled WASP look. The children have to have a Norman Rockwell quality and the women demure and slightly rounded. There is even a section on how a women's nipple will move as she moves her arm towards the ceiling. Anyway, I have tried some of the simpler exercises and they are really quite fun. However, I have let my 21st century aesthetic intervene and the women has turned into some burnt out Hollywood star who has too much of life's disappointments written large on her face. Nonetheless, it is really great to have every step laid out for you - you want brunette hair then your pencil strokes should be like this and so on. What a wonderful book.
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